Class Catalog

Instructor: Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum. For writers who have completed a yearlong workshop in prose and are developing manuscripts, with focused discussions on issues of craft and a casual tour through Charles Baxter's Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction.

Instructor: Rachel Sobel. In this workshop, we'll discuss how to learn from books you love, books you hate, and everything in between, with close attention to the technique on the page.

Instructor: Mary Lane Potter. Learn to build sentences that grip the reader, evoke tone, deepen mood, reveal character, advance plot, and help a narrative breathe.

Instructor: Kris Waldherr. Learn Tarot-based techniques to develop backstory, character arcs, and more.

Instructor: Beth Jusino. Take an unbiased, unvarnished look at current publishing options and how to approach them, examining the pros and cons of each choice, realistic costs, income potential and more.

Instructor: Tara Campbell. Suitable for a wide audience, this two-week generative course features readings and prompts for students to create four new speculative fiction stories.

Instructor: Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum. We'll examine short stories considering elements of craft, specifically how the stories "turn" rather than "close" to achieve complexity often attributed only to longer works. 

Instructor: Sally Ashton. This generative workshop takes a comparative look at the prose poem, brief essay, and flash fiction, with writing prompts to experiment in each genre.

In this exploratory camp, students will engage with artistic activities, embark on field trips in-person and virtually, and write to creative prompts all designed to ignite their imaginations. The week will culminate with a reading and/or presentation of student work.

Instructor: Peter Mountford. For anyone struggling to finish their book, with discussions on revision, productivity, and the business of finding an agent/publisher.

Instructor: Kevin O'Rourke. Discuss and read data-centric writing and examine the storytelling possibilities that data offers.

Instructor: April Dávila. This session will begin with a series of meditations on touch, sight, sound, smell, and taste, from which we will then practice integrating and workshopping our observations into our writing.

Instructor: Tina Tocco. Students will walk away with at least one new version of their story opening plus a fresh perspective on how reimagining an intro can alter point of view, pace, and more. 

Learn the fundamentals of making comics and graphic novels in this half-day, week-long camp, focusing on a different theme or genre each day. The week will culminate with a reading and/or presentation of student work.

In this camp, wonder is the key to unlocking your imagination! Expect to read fairy tales and folklore from different cultures, discuss characters, settings, and themes, and create your own fictional wonder tales. The week will culminate with a reading and/or presentation of student work.

Instructor: Ramon Isao. This class will introduce students to workshopping, the craft of fiction writing, and how to build a writing practice. We'll read and discuss published work with guided writing prompts that correspond to our discussions.

Instructor: Zain Shamoon. This class is dedicated to the role of storytelling in finding relief from distress; students will learn how to use storytelling for personal and communal reclamation.

Instructor: Greg November. This generative one-day workshop is all about learning how to create credible weirdness in fiction. 

Instructor: Amy Bowers, Allison Elis. In this generative class, we will (re)learn to open our eyes, send you on local outings, and build a tool kit that turns the messy world into that dreamy writing office.

Instructor: Andrew Bell. This course explores the fundamentals of TV writing, collaborate on “spec” scripts, and develop and pitch our own original series. 

Instructor: Scott Driscoll. This class will explore the juxtaposition of characters' exterior worlds, such as place, culture, and the atmosphere, with the interior world of needs, wants, fears, and more.

Instructor: Molly Schaeffer. Mining our own notes and fragments for use in writing prompts, we'll recycle and experiment with our own words, utilizing techniques including collage, mapping, poetry, and memoir.

Instructor: Wendy Kendall. Learn what makes a romance novel that readers love, with in-depth analysis of creating characters and emotions through scene structure, story arc, and purposeful writing.